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i want to buy fertilized osrich eggs and my trip will take 2 hours but they have been 20 days in incubators>

i would like to buy an fertilized eggs for ostirch but they have been already in the incubators for more than 20 days and there are some les than taht.. and the another incubators far 2 hours by car.. can i buy them with out any risk or i don't do that.. what can i do ... thanks alot for answer me very soon

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1. get a incubator to travel with them if you cant afford that then you cant afford the animal
2. There are ways of traveling with eggs without an incubator. Personally I've never seen a portable incubator because you typically would not move an egg during incubation because it can damage the unborn baby. They make portable brooders which are really designed for babies that are already hatched. If you must move it you can improvise by using a different heat source like maybe a hot water bottle or heated towels around the egg. It will be difficult to regulate the temperature this way, so you will need to put the eggs along with the heat source in a closed container. Put a thermometer in there as well so you will know if it gets too hot. I'm used to parrots, but I would assume the temperature should be about the same. Somewhere around 98 to 100 degrees. You must be very careful not to jar the eggs. Like I said, moving them really isn't a great idea.
3. You should buy newly fertilized eggs and start the incubation from the start. Getting eggs like you are talking about in different stages, you are running a big risk of losing all of them. The other thing you could do would wait and let the eggs hatch with the people who have them and buy the day old chicks. It will cost you a little more but you could be assured of getting something for your money.